Clubs boycott Saucony Run Shoreditch 10km over event sponsor’s links to Israel
‘We cannot allow the sport we love to be used to gloss over oppression’
Read MoreVet suspended over cat death employed as head surgeon in Hackney
A series of charges of serious professional misconduct were proved against him
Read MoreClimate campaigners urge council to ‘lead by example’ on plant-based catering
Plant-Based Hackney fears Town Hall is ‘nowhere near as ambitious as it claims to be’
Read MorePortraits of Slovak and Czech Britain, Nunnery Gallery, exhibition review: ‘Amazing cultural richness’
Scientists, artists and more pose for Peaky Blinders photographer Robert Viglasky
Read MoreSadiq Khan breaks ranks with Labour government to call Gaza tragedy ‘genocide’ for first time
Mayor of London has previously resisted calls to label Israel’s military campaign a genocide but now says it’s “inescapable” to conclude that
Read More‘The spirit of a place’ – How Dalston painters and potters fought back to save studio block from closure
Hackney Council moved to sell off Ashwin Street’s creative workspaces earlier this year, but artists have now bought the site after refusing to give up
Read MoreCouncil says ‘no hard plans’ to close nurseries this year after legal challenge
Town Hall shelved plans to close two children’s centres, but questions linger over lessons learned from the debacle
Read MoreHackney Council more than doubles its debt in one year – but what is the Town Hall spending on?
Hackney Council’s borrowing is below average for London, but its debt burden is set to rise five-fold by 2028
Read MoreWoman injured and man dead in Clissold Park shooting – as police appeal for witnesses
Officers confirm that the pair were ‘known to each other’ and they believe it was an ‘isolated incident’
Read MoreFormer councillor defends Morning Lane role following ‘insider’ claims
Vincent Stops responds to a report by campaigners that called his involvement an ‘egregious lack of transparency’
Read MoreHomerton dietician warns of ‘postcode lottery’ over access to weight loss drugs
The London Assembly Health Committee heard that high demand for the drugs in London has forced consumers into buying counterfeit medicines
Read MoreMan who planned Hackney shooting that left girl with bullet in her brain sentenced to life
Javon Riley given minimum term of 34 years for ‘meticulously organising’ attack at Evin restaurant last year
Read MoreIconic Hackney estate made famous by rent campaign set for sweeping regeneration
New Era residents took on their former landlord and won – now their homes are due for large-scale refurbishment
Read More‘Ridiculous’: Council blocks juice bar from putting tables outside due to ‘encroachment’ on nearby park
Owner of Faith in Nature’s Juices says he doesn’t understand why tables and chairs stretching five metres are not in line with council policy
Read MoreMorning Lane campaigners accuse council of consultation ‘con job’ in scathing report
Morning Lane People’s Space urges Town Hall to ‘do better’, with ‘future of the town centre at stake’
Read MoreKokin, Stratford, food review: ‘So romantic, so artfully curated’
Learn from me though, put your best heels on, clunk on your baubles and move money over from your savings (you’ll need a fair wad)
Read MoreTitbits – Lording it up
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Read MoreBlinds, Hackney Road, food review: ‘Well-realised wine, disappointing food’
This natural wine bar fulfils its main brief, but the food feels like an afterthought
Read MoreImplaqueable women – The Hackney Society celebrates those turned down for ‘not being famous enough’
‘It’s not that they weren’t doing anything – it’s that it wasn’t deemed important enough to record’
Read MoreBad Boy Pizzeria, Bethnal Green, food review: ‘One for the die-hard pie fans’
The New York-style restaurant is proof that the ‘appetite for pies with zippy, cartoonish branding has not abated’
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